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November 24

Заусцiнський

In writing the Kiev electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917), for Kiev there is the list number 15 labelled "Заусцiнський" ( see https://scepsis.net/library/misc/id_3068_1.rtf ). How to translate that? Is it to be understood as the family name of a Ukrainian or Polish candidate? --Soman (talk) 10:55, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

@Soman: I have found the word in Polish Wikipedia as a Polish surname: Teodor Zauściński was a parson in orthodox christian parish of St. Alexander Nevsky in Sokółka, Poland in 1885–1903 (see pl:Parafia św. Aleksandra Newskiego w Sokółce#Wykaz proboszczów); and in Russian Wikipiedia as an Ukrainian surname (written in Russian as Заусцинский, see ru:Список дворянских родов Минской губернии, Russian List of noble families of the Minsk province from the beginning of 20th century).

I have no idea how it should be transcribed to English, but I may guess it could look like Zaustinskiy or Zaustzinskiy. --CiaPan (talk) 13:32, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia:Romanization of Ukrainian/BGN/PCGN transliteration table it should be either Zaustsinskyy or Zaustsinsky. --109.186.9.117 (talk) 14:15, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Levene surname pronunciation

Hey! I would like to know the proper pronunciation of Levene's test, a statistical test named after Howard Levene, an American statistician, see obituary. The surname is of Ashkenazic or Olde English origin (see: 1 and 2), but I don't know where actually Howard Levene's surname comes from. He was professor of mathematical statistics and genetics at Columbia University. Best would be a pronunciation given using IPA so it could be included in articles in other languages, too.

Thank you, Timur lenk (talk) 15:19, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

I don't know about Howard Levene specifically, but the only time I've heard this surname pronounced it rhymed with "machine", so I presume /ləˈviːn/. 93.136.19.110 (talk) 04:34, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Timur_lenk -- to know how Howard Levene pronounced his name, you would probably have to ask his family. However, the "correct" pronunciation of Levene's test would seem to be how this is pronounced by a majority of statisticians... AnonMoos (talk) 05:01, 26 November 2018 (UTC)